Crib Death
Subtitle: Sudden Unexplained Death of Infants - The Pathologist's Viewpoint
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 10, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9783540493709
Subjects: Paediatric medicine; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Emergency Medicine; Forensic Medicine; Pathology; Medical / Pathology; SIDS; SIUD; anatomo-pathological examination; cardiac conduction system; sudden intrauterine unexplained death; sudden unexplained perinatal death; Sudden infant death syndrome
Description: A systematic study of the autonomic nervous system and cardiac system was performed on a large number of infants and fetuses who died suddenly and unexpectedly, as well as in age-matched control cases. The neurological and cardiac findings are described here, and the relationship between crib death and unexplained fetal death is discussed.